Expected
Owing
Owing adjective - Not yet paid.
Both words in one sentence
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Mrs. Hall, of Sherborne, was brought to bed yesterday of a dead baby, some weeks before she expected, owing to a fright.
Source: Black Comedy - Also note that male characters owing their success to more powerful women are generally not "inversions" of this trope, unless the setting carries the same implications (women are expected to be self-made while men are not).
Source: Never a Self-Made Woman
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